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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LUELLA s. rrcKErT, or NEVADA, IowA.

ATTACHMENT FOR CHAIRS.'

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,359, dated January21, 1896.

Application led July l2, 1895. Serial No. 555,73@ (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern,.- Y

Be it known that I, LUELLA S. PIGKETT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Nevada, in the county of Story and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in I-Iolders or BracketAttachments for Chairs, Seats, &c.; and Ido declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecication.

My invention consists of a holder or bracket attachment for seats,chairs, &c., adapted to hold books or parcels, umbrellas, dac. ashereinafter described.

Figure l represents a perspective view of an attachment embodying myinvention secured to the back of a chair. Fig. 2 represents a side view,on a larger scale, of the lower portion of the umbrella-holder.

Similar letters represent like parts in both the figures.

In the drawings, A designates a holder or bracket formed of wire orother suitable material. On the side wires B of the back thereof, andintegral therewith, are formed the eyes C," through which fasteningscrews or nails may be inserted for securing the attachment to the backof a chair or seat. On one side of the top D of the frame of the holderis a loop E, in which an umbrella can be inserted and held in place.

T he bottom F of the holder has the cross slats or bars G, and dependingfrom two of them are the hat-hooks H, which preferably are acontinuation of said bars. The ends J of said hooks are rounded, formingknobs, thereby avoiding injury to the hat by any sharp points of thewire, and the said hooks are connected or braced by a cross-wire K. Thefront of the frame of the holder is provided with stays or brace-wires Lpartially closing the same, and the ends and back are preferably open,thereby saving material and providing a light article for convenience inhandling. The said front is of the same height as the back of theholder, and the distance between said front and back at the top isgreater than at the bottom thereof, the

front being preferably at an incline to the` base, while the back isvertical thereto.

To hold the lower end of the umbrella, which is to be inserted in theloop E, in place, a socket M is employed, said socket being adjustablyheld in place by means of a rod N, which has a loop-headP and ascrew-threaded point, the latter for insertion in the leg or otherattachment of the chair or seat.

It will be seen that the holder described, while providing for books,parcels, umbrellas andhats, is both light in weight and can bemanufactured at a small expense, and is readily put in place or removed.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure byLetters Patent is A holder or bracket attachment for a chair, consistingof a wire frame having an open back and a partially closed front, thelatter having brace rods thereon, a base with cross rods, two of whichhave depending portions forming central hooks, said back having eyesintegral therewith and one of the ends of the frame having on its upperwire a loop, said central depending hooks having a brace rod connectingthem, and the top of the body of the holder being of agreater distancefrom the back to the front than at the bottom thereof, said parts beingcombined substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LUELLA S. PICKETT. Witnesses:

C. B. HOSTETTER, E. J. H. SANBORNE.

